Mutations in the csgD Promoter Associated with Variations in Curli Expression in Certain Strains of Escherichia coli O157:H7

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 2367-2370

  Uhlich, Gaylen A ^a,b   Keen, James E ^a   Elder, Robert O ^a,c  

^a U S MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b EASTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN PLAINS AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CRL PROTEIN, BACTERIA; CSGA PROTEIN, E COLI; CSGB PROTEIN, E COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HUMANS; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0035348261     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.5.2367-2370.2001     Document Type: Article

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